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US military tankers smuggle crude oil from Syria’s Hasakah to northern Iraq: Report

Monday, 03 January 2022 4:23 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 03 January 2022 4:23 PM ]

Mask-clad US soldiers walk during a patrol near an oil production facility in the countryside near al-Malikiyah in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah on October 27, 2020. (Photo by AFP)

The US military has reportedly used dozens of tanker trucks to smuggle crude oil from Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, as Washington continue to loot energy resources in the war-ravaged country.

Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources in al-Ya'rubiyah town, reported that a convoy of 128 US military trucks, including tankers and flatbed trucks carrying battle tanks and heavy ammunition, left Syria through al-Waleed border crossing on Monday, and headed towards Iraqi territories.

The sources added that eight armored vehicles belonging to the US military escorted the convoy until it arrived at the border crossing.

Bases housing US occupation troops in northern Syria come under rocket attacks

Rocket attacks have separately targeted two military facilities which house American occupation forces in Syria’s northern provinces of Dayr al-Zawr and Hasakah.

On December 30 last year, US forces brought in reinforcements from neighboring Iraq into areas in northeastern Syria.

The American forces brought in generators, refrigerators and a number of battle tanks through al-Waleed border crossing between Iraq and Syria, SANA said, adding that 40 military vehicles entered the Syrian territories.

The US military has stationed forces and equipment in eastern and northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon claiming that the deployment is aimed at preventing the oilfields in the area from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.

Damascus, however, says the unlawful deployment is meant to plunder the country’s resources.

Syrian govt. troops block US military convoy in Hasakah, force it to turn back

Syrian government forces have prevented a US military convoy from passing through a community in the northeastern province of Hasakah, and forced it to turn around.

Former US president Donald Trump admitted on several occasions that American forces were in Syria for its oil.

After failing to oust the Syrian government with the help of its proxies and direct involvement in the conflict, the US government has now stepped up its economic war on the Arab country.

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